Como Quien Mira Una Espera

Like Someone Watching a Wait

Como Quien Mira Una Espera

Yesterday I saw him passing byAyer lo vi que pasaba
Descending the Cura malalBajando el Cura malal
Dodging the rough terrainEsquivandole al toscal
Looking for the tough strawBuscando la paja brava
He carried the mate gourd on his beltLlevaba al cinto la pava
And the whip in his handY el de barrera en la mano
And he looked like an airplaneY parecia un aeroplano
When the wind hit himCuando el viento le pegaba
Descending the Cura malalBajando el Cura malal
Yesterday I saw him passing byAyer lo vi que pasaba

I didn't even ask himNo le pregunte siquiera
Where he was coming from and where he was goingDe donde y pa donde diba
Not even worth wasting salivaQue ni va a gastar saliva
I said to myself when he saw meMe dije cuando me viera
And so it was in such a wayY así fué de tal manera
I didn't even manage to greet himNo atiné ni a saludarlo
And I just dedicated myself to watching himY me dediqué a mirarlo
Like someone watching a waitComo quién mira una espera
Where he was coming from and where he was goingDe donde y pa donde diba
I didn't even ask himNo le pregunté siquiera

Don't close the gateNo le cierre la tranquera
To the owner of the horizonAl dueño del horizonte
I said sniffing the mountainMe dije olfateando el monte
With remnants of springCon resto de primavera
Don't assign him a trenchNo le adjudique trinchera
Nobody wants to hideQue naides quiere esconderse
And it's enough not to moveY alcanza con no moverse
To walk a whole lifePa andar una vida entera
To the owner of the horizonAl dueño del horizonte
Don't close the gateNo le cierre la tranquera

He walked looking for the skyAnduvo buscando el cielo
Since he was a little lambDende que era borreguito
And he lived chewing a screamY vivió mascando un grito
For the never of a longingPor el nunca de un anhelo
To not take flightPa no remontar el vuelo
He got tangled in the grassSe enredó entre la gramilla
And he's like a big splinterY es como una gran astilla
That moves along the groundQue se mueve por el suelo
Since he was a little lambDende que era borreguito
He walked looking for the skyAnduvo buscando el cielo

From time to time I see himDe tiempo en tiempo lo veo
Going up or down the streamSubiendo o bajando el cauce
Or whistling under a willowO chiflando bajo un sauce
Chasing the ugly bugChuseandolo al bicho feo
Hours and hours and the desireHoras y horas y el deseo
That some catfish commits suicideQue algún bagre se suicide
Or some partridge neglectsO alguna perdiz descuide
The course of its flightEl rumbo de su aleteo
Going up or down the streamSubiendo o bajando el cauce
From time to time I see himDe tiempo en tiempo lo veo

Yesterday I saw him passing byAyer lo vi que pasaba

Like streams, manComo los arroyos el hombre
Tends to have a lot of twists and turnsSuele ser un montón de recovecos
Life flows with just a murmurBaja la vida con apenas un murmullo
The man of the otters knows about thatEl hombre de las nutrias sabe de eso
That's why he beats next to the heart of the waterPor eso palpita junto al corazón del agua